Health Equity

The innate desire to belong The year was 1984 in Ypsilanti, Michigan when the world fractured in front of Lisette Martinez, leaving her caught in the middle, unable to process the divide, let alone choose a side.  She had looked…

Maternal and infant death rates are significantly higher in states that have restricted or banned abortion compared to states where abortion is accessible, according to a Dec. 14 report from the Commonwealth Fund.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health aims to improve health equity and advance justice by leveraging the power of "humankindness." 

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center published the first meta-analysis of COVID-19 treatment and prevention clinical trials Dec. 5.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has partnered with the American Medical Association and others to create Rise to Health: a National Coalition for Equity in Healthcare, which launched Dec. 6.

Many healthcare organizations strive to provide highly reliable care, meaning patient care is consistently excellent and safe over long periods across all services and settings.

Latino, Black and Asian children are less likely to have elective surgeries compared with white children, a study published in the December issue of Journal of Pediatric Surgery found. 

Seventy-three percent of physicians at Wellstar's Atlanta Medical Center were non-white. And when the hospital closed Nov. 1, it displaced those clinicians — leaving a hole in a community that was working toward healthcare representation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Nov.…

Six of the "T14" — the 14 law schools that have dominated U.S. News and World Report's rankings for the past 30 years — have withdrawn from the process, saying they will no longer provide data to the prestigious tiering…

The Richmond Coalition for Health Equity is calling on the owners of Richmond (Va.) Community Hospital to spend profits from the federal 340B drug pricing program on health equity programs in the city's East End, NBC12 reported Nov. 21.